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‘Inhumane’ and understaffed Wandsworth Prison ‘having worst year in memory’, finds report

Watchdog accuses Ministry of Justice of having ignored its concerns over crisis-stricken London prison

The Independent UK

Union warns of probation officer shortage ahead of prisoners’ early releases

Up to 2,000 offenders due to be freed in England and Wales in September after serving 40% of sentence

The Guardian - UK

Overcrowding, drug misuse and violence: A journey through the prison system in numbers

In light of new figures exposing the crisis in the justice, Jabed Ahmed takes a look at what they tell us about the prison experience

The Independent UK

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UK riots: how does the violence compare with unrest in August 2011?

From disinformation to police staffing and prison spaces, we look at the similarities and differences 13 years apart

The Guardian - UK

Number of prisoners released into homelessness rises by a third in a year, despite new government scheme

Exclusive: In just a year, more than 9,200 ex-prisoners left jail only to become homeless

The Independent UK

Violence, self-harm and drugs: Shock new figures lay bare crisis facing Britain’s prisons

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures on Thursday laid bare the scale of the chaos in UK prisons, days after the justice secretary announced emergency measures to ease the crisis

The Independent UK

High-risk offenders included in early release scheme, prisons inspector says

Domestic abuser among those freed from jail as part of plan to relieve overcrowding, watchdog reveals

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Government triggers crisis measure to ease prison overcrowding

Exclusive: Operation Safeguard confirmed by Ministry of Justice after damning report on conditions in one of UK’s biggest jails

The Guardian - UK

Pregnant woman’s jail sentence quashed in ‘landmark’ UK ruling

Campaigners hail decision to replace 22-year-old’s prison term for firearm possession with suspended sentence

The Guardian - UK

Ministry of Justice plan to destroy historical wills is ‘insane’, say experts

Department hopes to save £4.5m a year by digitising – then binning – about 100m wills that date back 150 years

The Guardian - UK

Government grants permission for new prison despite council rejecting plans

Michael Gove intervened and granted planning permission for the new prison near Market Harborough after an appeal from the Ministry of Justice.

The Independent UK

Government blames data error for figures showing suspects trapped five years in prison without trial

Government unable to say how long suspects are spending in jail while awaiting trial – as remand prison population soars

The Independent UK

Criminals released from prison ‘left free to kill’ as overstretched probation service in crisis

Exclusive: 59 offenders being monitored after leaving prison went on to be convicted of murder in just one year – with at least five cases blamed on failings in an overstretched probation service

The Independent UK

Surge in number of women being jailed as overcrowding crisis grips prisons

‘Banging a mum up for theft from shops, such as stealing nappies or Calpol for a child, is not the answer,’ campaigner says

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Overdoses double at prison where inmates say it’s ‘easy’ to get drugs

Exclusive: More than 100 overdoses at HMP Forest Bank in Salford, where drugs ‘fuel debt and violence’

The Independent UK

Barclay refuses to say if judges have been told not to jail some criminals

The Health Secretary told broadcasters that Justice Secretary Alex Chalk will address the issue in a statement to the Commons on Monday.

The Independent UK

Government rape tsar quits over failures to hold alleged attacker to account for breaching bail conditions

‘My life as I knew it ended that night. In all of my interactions with the criminal justice system, I’ve been worn away over and over and over again,’ Emily Hunt says

The Independent UK

Revealed: Record number of rape suspects on Britain’s streets amid ‘absolute scandal’ in court delays

Exclusive: Former justice secretary hits out at ‘scandal’ as alleged victims forced to wait longer than ever for justice

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The Guardian - UK

Over 100,000 children in England and Wales have parent in prison, analysis shows

Record comes as Estonia confirms it is in talks with UK over plans to accept British prisoners amid overcrowding crisis

The Independent UK

Government rape adviser quits over ‘lack of will’ to change at high levels

She said myths about rape are perpetuated in the civil service and police.

Evening Standard

More than 2,000 criminal trials abandoned due to crumbling courts and lawyer shortages

Between January and June this year, 1,854 criminal trials could not take place due to the absence of a prosecutor, defence lawyer, magistrate, or judge

The Independent UK

Prisons ‘out of control’ as drug testing regime millions over budget and targets missed

Exclusive: Government accused of presiding over ‘out of control prison system’

The Independent UK

Record number of trials adjourned over failure to bring suspects from prison to court

Exclusive: Defendants stuck in custody vans miles from court while victims, witnesses, lawyers and police spend wasted hours awaiting them at ‘untold’ cost

The Independent UK

Urgent calls for swift action in self-harm related prison deaths

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, Labour MP Andy Slaughter says

The Independent UK

Lessons must be learned from self-harm related prison deaths, ministers warned

Inquests into self-inflicted deaths in prison have been delayed, meaning important lessons have not been learned, Labour MP Andy Slaughter said.

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